In Capelulo, resident Rita Raweily was woken up in the early hours of Sunday by her dog “barking wildly”.
“I got ready, threw some clothes on and went to see if there was anything I could do to help,” she added.
The volunteer community coordinator said there was a smell of burning in the air that got worse as the wind picked up and that the area was “really smoky”.
“That whole area near the house is an evacuation zone and we don’t know when we are going home,” she said.
“But that’s fine because we are safe.”
Raweily said she had “no idea” what condition her house was in but she hoped “all will be well”.
She praised the “brilliant” emergency services, adding: “Houses can be replaced, people can’t.”
On Monday afternoon, Raweily and other residents were told they were not able to return to their homes due safety.
“Everyone is very bewildered, very confused. People are staying all over the place, some are in a hotel, people have no clue what’s going on.
“People have pets, walking round with dogs on leads, cat boxes, not knowing if and when they will be allowed back home, it’s quite dire,” she said.
Conwy Council said it was currently supporting residents who were evacuated from their homes and has arranged accommodation for a number of households and continue to provide assistance where needed.
Speaking to Radio Wales Breakfast, ex-firefighter Tim Lloyd, who also lives in Capelulo village, said it was “engulfed in smoke” on Sunday.
“The view behind where I live, we can see the mountain, but we couldn’t see that yesterday, it was completely disappeared in the smoke,” he said.
He said the firefighters would be battling heat exhaustion in “absolutely punishing” conditons.
“They’re wearing really thick heavy clothing fire kit, which protects them from the fire but the but the negative impact of that is that is they’re sort of insulated from being able to get heat out of their bodies.
“There’s all sorts of things to consider, but the main concern and their main focus is on an incident such as this one is always initially to protect people and then to protect property, which they’ve done a fantastic job here,” he said.
